Orthopedioal



(No Model.)

I. Z AOHARIE.

ORTHOPBDIOAL APPLIANCE.

No. 353,910. Patented Dec. '7, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISSAOHAR ZAOHARIlEl, OF LONDON, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORTO SAMUEL PURDY ZAGHARIE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ORTHGPEDICAL APPLIANCE.

SPECIPIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,910, dated December'7, 1886.

Application filed September 21, 1886. Serial No. 214,210. No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISSACHAR ZAOHARIE, a subject of the Queen ofEngland, residing at London, county of Middlesex, England have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Orthopedic-a1 Appliances forAdjusting Displaced Bones of the Foot, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an apparatus by which distorted joints of thefoot can be made straight, and the objects of my invention are toprovide the means for bringing the metatarsal bones and the phalangebones to their proper articulations, to afford facilities for the properadjustment of the bones independently of each other in respect to theirarticulations, audto obviate the friction consequent to their unnaturalposition, so that the support of the body upon the foot is equal andnatural. I obtain these objects by the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of my improvedapparatus; Fig. 2, a perspective view when adjusted ready for use, andFig. 3, a bottomview thereof.

The plate A, which is preferably made of springbrass and covered withsoft leather, constitutes the frame-work of the apparatus. To the innerend of this plate is secured an elastic strap or band, B, that passesaround the foot, and is secured by a strap of chamoisskin, E, madeintegral therewith, and having eyelets to a book, 0, carried by a hingedfelt pad, 0, secured about midwise to the plate A.

A strap, D, preferably made of chamois-skin. is secured to a hook, d, onthe out-er end of the plate A, and passes around the great toe, to bringit to its proper position by the action of said plate. This plate isbent from about its center to the forward end, as at a, for the purposeof pressing against and bringing the metatarsal bone of the great toe toits proper position, and preventing the bone of the first toe fromcausing friction by close contact between them, and by thus bending saidplate the metatarsal bones of the other toes assume their naturalposition and are free to move in their proper channels. By securing thestrap D around the great toe and the strap or band B around the ankle tothe pad 0 the plate is secured in place and the pad brought to bearagainst the metatarsal bone of the great toe at its conjunction with theinternal cuneiform bone, thereby pressing the head of the metatarsalbone out into its proper channel, articulating with the first phalangebone; and by passingsaid strap or band B around the ankle it allowsfreedom of motion when walking, at the same time firmly securing theapparatus in place, and allows proper articulation of the metatarsalphalangical bones.

Having now iully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In an orthopedical appliance, the combination of aspring-plate having alateral curve extending from one end to about its center with an elasticstrap or band secured to one end thereof, and consisting in part of anelastic web and in part of chamois-skin, and made to engage with a hookcarried by a felt pad secured to the springplate at the inner end of itscurved portion, said spring-plate having at the other end of its curvedportion a strap or band for securing it to the great toe, allsubstantially as shown and described.

ISSAOHAR ZAOHARIE.

